Almost half of teens lack driver's license by age 18

10:41 AM,
Sep. 3, 2013

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About 19 percent of teenagers who didn't get their license by age 18 said disconnecting from the Internet was an important deterrent to learning to drive, according to a AAA report released this month. Cell phone use of any kind is illegal for Ohio drivers younger than 18.

About 56 percent of American teenagers don't obtain their license within one year of the minimum license age - 16 years old in Ohio - and 46 percent delay driving past age 18, according to the survey of 18- to 20-year-olds. Fewer teenagers are getting their licenses before their 18th ...